For starters, his vocabulary is expanding rapidly! He may say things in his own special way, but they're consistent and contextually accurate. A few in the Haddon vocab repertoire include:
- ball [boh, or buh-boh when football or basketball are on TV!]
- bath [bah]
- nose [no-wuh]
- dad [loud exclamations of DA!]
- hi, hey, bye [often accompanied by a chubby-fingered wave]
- teeth [deee! This kid loves brushing his teeth]
- uh-oh [used a lot, even if something wasn't any accident a.k.a. I just threw my cup, how on earth did it get over there?!]
Recently, after a visit with Nana, he's added "bite" [bi-yuh] and "cup" [bup]. He's still our little French baby, saying "deux" and excitedly pointing at everything, but we're trying to crack down a little harder in the language department and not letting him get away with calling everything "deux" ;)
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| Thank you to the lovely Lynn Pugh for capturing this Mama/son love. Made me tear up the first time I saw them! |
He's also gotten really good at repeating things when you introduce them, but I won't claim those as words just yet. We'll make sure he really know what he's talking about first!
Oh, did I mention that he can say no? He says it all day, everyday. In and out of context. Seriously, y'all... he's been known to wake up saying "no" [and that is not an exaggeration]
Food is often a battle. Don't get me wrong, he loves food. Just not when it's on his plate. If anyone else in the room is eating, he walks up excitedly saying "Mmmmm," but opinions change when something is set in front of him. This doesn't happen at every meal, but close— we're working on squashing that autonomy ;)
He still loves balls and books. T and Big Daddy got him a basketball goal for Christmas and that has just increased the joy he finds in balls. Another sweet thing is how much he is entertained when we're watching basketball or football on TV. He's quite the fan...
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| His celebratory face after a made basket. Priceless. Oh and that hair... |
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| Other creative uses of the Christmas present. |
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| This was how we got him in a good mood for the photo shoot— playing ball. |
He's sweet to sister about 95% of the time. He's gotten really good at kissing her and will go to great lengths to do so. I even think he's started saying "Eeee" when she's around, so maybe he's learning her name! I think he's going to be an entertaining older brother.
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| Haddon and his girls. |
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| The entertainer. |
He's learned where to find his eyes, nose, and mouth. Ears give him a little trouble, but I think he gets the general idea. Nose is his favorite. He likes to find everyone/thing's nose. This puts Eden's face in danger a lot...
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| So serious. |
He has two more teeth coming in [to add to his current 6]. I believe they are molars—one on the top left and bottom left. It doesn't seem to be bothering him—he's taking it like a champ.
2.5.14. update :: all 4 molars are actually coming in! I seemed to miss the two on the right side— top and bottom.
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| Those teeth... |
I'll end this update with his first adventure in the snow this past week. He sure is cute all bundled up. [Kam is, too!]
After our message exchanges this morning, Claire and I had to sit down and catch up with your blog. We, of course, LOVED all of these pictures of Haddon! Claire especially enjoyed the videos of him in action. "We love Haddon kissing his sister!" said Claire. I totally agree :) Missing our Pugh family SO much! Counting the days till we see you again.
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